From and after the enactment hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person, not exempted by § 313-6 hereof, who is not the holder of a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to this article to engage in selling, purchasing, or soliciting the sale or purchase of food, printed matter, services, goods, wares or merchandise of any description or in soliciting contributions, gifts or pledges of money or any other thing of value or to engage in making surveys or distributing samples by visitation to private homes or residences or on the public streets or highways of Easttown Township.

Any person, not exempted by § 313-6 hereof, desiring to obtain a license to engage in the activities described in § 313-1 hereof shall make application therefor, in person, to the Township Secretary. The applicant shall supply, over his signature, the following information:

The applicant shall, together with his application, submit to the
Township Secretary his photograph, the fingerprints of his two hands,
and a written description of himself, all recorded by the Easttown
Township Police, and shall pay a fee, in an amount determined by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors, to defray the cost of administering this
article.

Upon submission of said application and supporting evidence of identification and the payment of fee as aforesaid, there shall be issued to the applicant a license in the form of a card, which shall, unless revoked, entitle the licensee to engage in the activities described in § 313-1 hereof for a period of one year from the date of issuance.

He shall not permit any other person to have possession of his license
card and shall immediately report its loss to the Township Secretary.
He shall not cause or permit his license card to be altered or defaced.

Any license hereafter issued may be revoked by the Board of Supervisors upon the failure of the licensee to comply with the standards of conduct established by § 313-3 hereof or upon ascertainment that the licensee has made any false statement in his application for license hereunder. Notice of revocation shall be given by written notice personally served or sent by registered mail to the address designated for this purpose in the application for license.

Any person whose license has been revoked shall be entitled
to appear, with counsel, if he so desires, before the Board of Supervisors
at a regular or special meeting and be heard on behalf of a request
for reinstatement of his license.

Persons soliciting contributions on behalf of organizations or nonprofit
corporations exempted from the provisions of, or duly registered pursuant
to, the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S.
§ 162.1 et seq., as amended, who, while soliciting, are
possessed of a card or other written evidence of their appointment
or authority to solicit for said organization or corporation.[1]

Persons who have been licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in an activity described in § 313-1 hereof, when so engaged, including, without limitation, real estate, insurance or securities brokers and salesmen.

Authorized persons carrying satisfactory identification engaged in
making surveys or collecting information for the federal, state, county
or Easttown Township government, or any agency thereof. Also exempt
shall be authorized persons carrying satisfactory identification engaged
in making surveys or collecting information for any bona fide educational
or quasi-governmental agency, if such activity has previously been
approved by the Board of Supervisors.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, including reasonable
attorneys' fees. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may
be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each
day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense.

No person shall engage in any transient retail business within
Easttown Township without first having obtained from the Chief of
Police or his designee a license, for which a fee, which shall be
for the use of Easttown Township, shall be charged in an amount determined
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

To any person who has complied with the provisions of the Solicitation
of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, Act of December 19, 1990, P.L.
1200, No. 202, 10 P.S. § 162.1 et seq., as hereafter amended,
supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania,
provided that compliance with or exemption from the Act is demonstrated
to the Township prior to the commencement of any activities which
are the subject of this article.

All persons exempted hereby from the payment of the license fee shall
be required to register with the Chief of Police or designee and obtain
a license without fee, provided any person dealing in one or more
of the above-mentioned exempted categories and dealing with other
goods, wares, or merchandise not so exempted shall be subject to the
payment of the license fee fixed by this article for his activity
in connection with the sale of goods, wares and merchandise not in
such exempted categories; provided, further, that the Chief of Police
or designee may similarly exempt from payment of the license fee,
but not from registering with him, persons working without compensation
and selling goods, wares, or merchandise for the sole benefit of any
nonprofit corporation; provided, further, that every license issued
under the provisions of this article shall be issued on an individual
basis to any person or persons engaging in such business; every individual
shall obtain a separate license, issued to him in his name, and the
license fee hereby imposed shall be applicable to every such individual
license, except that a representative of a charitable organization
may obtain licenses for the applicants therein.

Every person desiring a license under this article shall first make
application to the Chief of Police or designee for such license. He
shall, when making such application, exhibit a valid license from
any state or county officer, if such license is also required. The
application shall supply, over his or her signature, the following:

A true statement as to whether the applicant has been convicted
in any jurisdiction of any crime, other than minor traffic violations,
and, if so, what crime or crimes and the date or dates of conviction.

Upon receipt of such application and the prescribed fee, the
Chief of Police or designee shall have five working days to review
and verify the information provided. If thereafter he shall find such
application in order, he shall issue the license required under this
article. Such license shall contain at least the following information:
licensee's name, date of birth, name, address and phone number
of employer, nature of business activity for which the license was
obtained, and a photograph of the licensee affixed to the license
form as prescribed by the Township. Every license holder shall display
such license upon his person while engaged in transient retail business
from house to house. He shall exhibit such license, upon request,
to all police officers, Township officials and citizens or residents
of Easttown Township. The license or other evidence of such license
shall be issued to the applicant in such size or form as to be suitable
for wearing by the licensee. The licensee shall wear such license
in a conspicuous place during the period of solicitation and during
the period of activity covered by this article.

Park any vehicle upon any of the streets or alleys in Easttown Township
for the purpose of sorting, rearranging, or selling goods from the
vehicle or cleaning any of his goods, wares, or merchandise or of
disposing of any carton, wrapping material, or stock, wares or foodstuffs
which have become unsellable through handling, age, or otherwise;

Engage in any business activity, except by prior appointment, at
any time on a Sunday or legal holiday or at any time before 9:00 a.m.
or after 7:00 p.m. on any day of the week other than a Sunday or legal
holiday.

The Chief of Police or designee is hereby authorized to suspend
or revoke any license issued under this article when he deems such
suspension or revocation to be beneficial to the public health, safety,
or morals, for violation of any provision of this article, or for
giving false information upon any application for a license hereunder.
Appeals from any suspension or revocation may be made to Easttown
Township at any time within 10 days after such suspension or revocation.
No part of a license fee shall be refunded to any person whose license
shall have been suspended or revoked.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, including reasonable
attorneys' fees. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may
be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each
day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense.